Juliens Auction Street Art & Culture Sale Realizes $476,508 with 98.4% Sell-Through

Juliens Auction concluded its Street Art & Culture sale, realizing a total of $476,508 with^[1] 61 of 62 lots sold, representing a 98.4% sell-through^[1] rate.

The sale featured notable street art and skate culture artifacts. According to Juliens Auction, the official results source for the sale, the event brought together urban underground art and memorabilia [S1]. Among the highlights was Banksy's "Gangsta Rat - Live," an aerosol painting on a metal door executed on a British Telecom street box in Liverpool [S2]. Another major street piece, "Placard Rat," was executed on a plywood panel from a London news agent's stand and later featured in Elle Decoration magazine [S5]. The auction also featured historic skate memorabilia, such as the T-shirt worn by Tony Hawk during his historic performance, as noted by Artnet [S4], and a stenciled aerosol on painted faux-brick panel by Banksy originally shown at the Cargo Club [S3].

By realized value, this event ranks as Juliens Auction's #18 sale of 45 concluded this year. Across all its sales year to date, the house has realized $24,188,867,^[1] while its year to date totals show $24,188,864 realized^[1] with a 96.6% sell-through^[1] rate. In the broader art category, which is led by Christie's, a total of $1,181,188,913 has^[1] been realized across every tracked house this year, averaging an 85.8% sell-through^[1] rate.